Articles by Mark Wild

Carson Foster Erases 500 Free American Record, Sets New (Unofficial) Mark of 4:05.81

Carson Foster, a double medal winner in Paris, has reemerged in a yards pool, and has dropped over half a second off the American Record in the 500 Free.

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2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Series – Singapore: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

Leon Marchand, looking to wrap up the series win, finds himself in an unfamiliar position as he is entered in the 100 IM as the second seed and in the 400 free as the last seed.

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2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Series – Shanghai: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, as both Kaylee McKeown and Qin Haiyang have a plethora of competition who will be eager to usurp the World Cup Series throne.

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Australia Releases their 2024 Short Course Worlds Selection Procedure

Looking to capitalize upon her individual Olympic Silver medal, Meg Harris may be primed to take over some of the sprinting spotlight from the now retired Emma McKeon.

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Winter Juniors Finalist & Texas Highschool State Runner-Up Raphael Wang Commits to Duke (2025

Austin, Texas native Raphael Wang will bring his strong breaststroke talents eastward, next fall where he is set to join Duke, with times just outside of conference scoring.

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USA Releases Selection Procedures for 2024 Short Course Worlds

Kate Douglass, along with Ryan Murphy and Nic Fink walked away from the 2022 SC Worlds with two World Records, and she looks poised to make a run at more.

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Yale Bulldogs add Olympic Trials Qualifier Crash Ackerly, #15 in the Class of 2025

After a gap year in Taiwan, Crash Ackerly a strong backstroker out of Nova Aquatics will join Yale with multiple conference scoring times.

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2024 Olympic Trials Semifinalist & Class of 2025 H.M. Sarah Rodrigues to Swim for Texas

With one year to improve upon an already NCAA qualifying time in the 200 Back, New Jersey’s Sarah Rodrigues could become part of a strong backstroke corps for the Longhorns.

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2024-2025 NCAA Division I College Preview Compendium

Bookmark this page to see all the updates and releases of SwimSwam’s previews of the 2024 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Season.

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2025 BOTR & NC High School State Champ Mere Whelehan To Don Tennessee Orange Next Fall (2025)

A five time individual NC High School State Champion, Mere Whelehan will take her freestyle abilities west to the University of Tennessee next Fall.

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Carmel High School’s & Indiana State Champion Anderson Kopp Commits to Duke for Fall of 2025

A member of the Carmel High School Boys Dynasty, Anderson Kopp, who had two top four finishes at the State Championships will look to take his talents to Duke next fall.

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USC Star Harry Homans Joins Fordham’s Coaching Staff under New Head Coach Tom Wilkens

Harry Homans, an NCAA qualifier at both USC and Georgia, has turned in his goggles for a watch as he has taken the assistant coaching position at Fordham University,

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NCAA Conference Realignment Summary: A Lot Has Changed

ASU has a very different path to repeating as Champions. The team is now under the helm of a new head coach and in a new Conference, being one of eight schools with swimming to leave the PAC-12.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Grace Lee to bring her Talents to Cornell this Fall (2024)

Scarlet Aquatics’ Grace Lee a Junior Nats Qualifier will bring her conference scoring times to Cornell, joining a young distance group.

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Junior Kylie Ney Transfers to Northern Arizona with Multiple Conference Scoring Times

Returning to her home state of Arizona, Kylie Ney, who swam two seasons at CSU Bakersfield, will bring her distance free ability to a strong NAU program.

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